Dmitry Uryakin commented for DP the situation with the ice-slick in Saint-Petersburg
According to the information from medical facilities and insurance companies the number of claims connected with traumas caused by ice-slick has recently increased in Saint-Petersburg. At the moment the amount of injured due to the road situation accounts for an average of 10% of all hospital admissions. Dmitry Uryakin, Associate at Maxima Legal,…
19.01.2022
Specially for the DP, Dmitry Uryakin analysed the situation with the illegal online sale of alcohol
According to analysts, since the start of COVID-19 pandemic-related restrictions, the number of searches for online purchase of alcoholic beverages with delivery has increased several times, and the turnover of the shadow alcohol market in 2021 exceeded the previous year's figures by 266 million roubles. Telegram became the main platform for…
12.01.2022
Dmitry Uryakin told the DP about the legal aspects of "digital residency"
From February 2022, the Ministry of Digital Economy intends to launch a "digital residency" mechanism to simplify the procedure for hiring IT specialists from abroad. Foreign residents will have the right to register companies in Russia without having to enter the country, as well as to work there legally remotely with the ability to interact with…
12.01.2022
Delovoy Peterburg once again noted Maxima Legal in its annual Legal Rating
The Delovoy Peterburg newspaper, a key business publication of North-West Russia, presented the results of its own annual Legal Rating, in which the publication and legal firms choose the best legal advisors in the city. In 2021 Natalia Demina, Head of Private Wealth Practice at Maxima Legal, was named first in the Breakthrough of the Year…
16.11.2021
Dmitry Uryakin has commented for Stroyim Prosto on the Ministry of Construction's mechanism for changing a price of government contracts
On 9 August 2021, a government decree was approved. The document allows developers to revise the terms of contracts for construction, reconstruction and overhaul as well as for conservation of cultural heritage sites. In particular the decree provided an opportunity to increase the price of government contracts up to 30% due to the increase in a…
28.09.2021
Dmitry Uryakin explained to "Shortread" magazine how to reduce the amounts of money demanded by the grid company when using electricity without a contract
Dmitry Uryakin, Lawyer at Maxima Legal, told the online legal magazine "Shortread" how to reduce the amounts of money demanded by the grid company in case of non-contractual electricity consumption. The expert noted that "if a company uses electricity without a contract, the grid company can draw up an act of non-contractual consumption and charge…
22.09.2021
Dmitry Uryakin analysed for Novy Prospect the situation with countrfeit toys in Russia
South Korean company ROI VISUAL, which owns the rights to the trademark of Robokar Poli (a children's cartoon series), has filed lawsuits against 11 individual entrepreneurs from St Petersburg who sell toys. The amounts of claims range from 10,000 to 120,000 rubles. Since 2019, the company has been actively fighting against the distribution of…
08.09.2021
The Maxima Legal's IP/IT team told about the evaluation of the legal clarity of software and other copyright objects received from developers in Legal Insight magazine
Specifically for the Legal Insight law magazine Maxim Ali, Partner, Head of Intellectual Property and Information Technologies practice at Maxima Legal, and Dmitry Uryakin, Lawyer at Maxima Legal, told about the evaluation of the legal clarity of software and other copyright objects received from developers and contractors. "When registering and…
07.09.2021
IFLR1000 rating confirmed Maxima Legal's expertise in M&A and in Restructuring & Insolvency
The British legal rating IFLR 1000 has ranked Maxima Legal as one of the leading firms in M&A and Restructuring & Insolvency, its seventh and ninth, respectively, in its thirty-first survey of the Russian market. «The bankruptcy and corporate law practices have historically been strategically important areas in which we have been strong…
25.08.2021
Dmitry Uryakin commented for Kommersant the conflict around the construction of a shopping and restaurant complex in Murino
The administration of Murino once again cancelled the permit for construction of a retail-restaurant complex previously issued to Renta Invest LLC. Last year the company bought a plot of land with a set of design and permission documents for the construction of a commercial pavilion in Murino. After starting construction work, Renta Invest faced…
12.08.2021